Cybersecurity
Commerce loses, Education gains in IT spending
Most IT budgets would change little from fiscal 2010 under the Obama administration's budget.
Modernization
Cloud-computing success depends on knowing what to ask
One of cloud computing's most attractive features -- the ability to pool resources -- could be the biggest impediment to implementing the technology for the federal government.
Digital Government
Cyber threat growing at unprecedented rate, intell chief says
Government Computer News
Digital Government
SSA to share data with 15 more health information exchanges
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
VA tests online score card for IT projects
Site is designed to add more detail on status of projects in governmentwide IT dashboard.
Cybersecurity
House considers bill to fund cybersecurity training, research and development
Measure would require NIST to develop standards to help agencies address potential risks to their computer networks, but the possibility of full funding is uncertain.
Digital Government
White House budget document shows IT spending winners, losers
Defense Department would receive the biggest increase, while the tech budgets for Commerce, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor, and NASA would be cut.
People
2010 Federal 100 award winners announced
Federal Computer Week and the 1105 Government Information Group release the complete list of the 2010 winners of the Federal 100 awards.
Ideas
$50 Million Budget for Integrated E-Gov
President Obama reinforced his call to modernize government by asking Congress to spend tens of millions of dollars over three years on governmentwide innovations.
Digital Government
That Brit Report On Chinese Cyber Spying
The <em>New York Times</em> rather breathlessly <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/world/europe/01spy.html>reported</a> during the past weekend that in 2007 the head of British intelligence warned businesses in England that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide ranging effort to hack into their computers.
People
Do federal managers play favorites in career advancement?
Many workers think their managers promote based on favortism, but that's not necessarily so.
Digital Government
Katie Stanton brings Silicon Valley know-how to Foggy Bottom
Having served in senior positions at Google and Yahoo, Katie Stanton’s résumé doesn't resemble one of a typical State Department insider. And that is exactly why she is the department's new director of citizen participation and special adviser on innovation.
Cybersecurity